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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1949087" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>('Entertainment') Sports is a society-sanctioned place to release emotions. Sports arenas are not classrooms or inside a house of worship or such places. It is an agreed-upon place for humans with specialized skills to demonstrate some of those talents in front of crowds that pay to watch them while they themselves forge identities with those athletes and the organizations whose colors they bear.</p><p></p><p>Sports is also a society-sanctioned place to join a cult. Fandom of each team forms a cult of loyalty and belief and shared goal (a kind of 'Heaven'). And like other cults, fans of other teams or fans who are bit critical of the home team are not exactly welcomed with open arms.</p><p></p><p>As paying customers we want/expect certain things like your team trying their best and producing victories. But – truth be told – what fans are really (hoping to) buy are WINS. And feeling 'Good' with that.</p><p></p><p>Would you pay real money to see Your Team play if a loss was guaranteed? Only those with a wish to punish themselves (or just show support to a loved one) would do that. You follow a team and go to a game because you are (expecting to) Purchase a Victory. But of course, you can’t do that – and such an idea was an unrealistic notion in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Stripped down to harsh reality... going to a game is simply an agreement/contract in which fans pay money to watch athletes ‘do something’ for a given amount of time... and that’s it. Fans have already paid their money to attend the game so the only other responsibility they have left is to act in a civil manner at the game. And athletes do NOT guarantee a victory nor do they even promise to ‘give it their best’ (as many often do not).</p><p></p><p>Our HEARTS tell is that there is great importance to what is going on on the field or court because our egos and part of our personal identity is now at stake. But all this is stuff that we as fans added on in our own thoughts and it’s not an essential part of the stripped down business transaction contract at play.</p><p></p><p>At the Game... Fans only owe 'to act responsibly in a public place' – and nothing more. Anything else beyond that is a extra-contractual bonus. Athletes only owe to show up for given number of hours and go through certain motions and movements. Without guarantee or warranty of results.</p><p></p><p>Yes, as fans we want much more than just this stipped-down version. But these are hopes and wishes and desires and they are not part of the sports-watching-contract. And they never will be.</p><p></p><p>You get to yell and scream a bit... have some food and drink that's not real healthy... be with some like-minded folks for a while... and then go home to a whole other set of responsibilies and expectations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1949087, member: 748116"] ('Entertainment') Sports is a society-sanctioned place to release emotions. Sports arenas are not classrooms or inside a house of worship or such places. It is an agreed-upon place for humans with specialized skills to demonstrate some of those talents in front of crowds that pay to watch them while they themselves forge identities with those athletes and the organizations whose colors they bear. Sports is also a society-sanctioned place to join a cult. Fandom of each team forms a cult of loyalty and belief and shared goal (a kind of 'Heaven'). And like other cults, fans of other teams or fans who are bit critical of the home team are not exactly welcomed with open arms. As paying customers we want/expect certain things like your team trying their best and producing victories. But – truth be told – what fans are really (hoping to) buy are WINS. And feeling 'Good' with that. Would you pay real money to see Your Team play if a loss was guaranteed? Only those with a wish to punish themselves (or just show support to a loved one) would do that. You follow a team and go to a game because you are (expecting to) Purchase a Victory. But of course, you can’t do that – and such an idea was an unrealistic notion in the first place. Stripped down to harsh reality... going to a game is simply an agreement/contract in which fans pay money to watch athletes ‘do something’ for a given amount of time... and that’s it. Fans have already paid their money to attend the game so the only other responsibility they have left is to act in a civil manner at the game. And athletes do NOT guarantee a victory nor do they even promise to ‘give it their best’ (as many often do not). Our HEARTS tell is that there is great importance to what is going on on the field or court because our egos and part of our personal identity is now at stake. But all this is stuff that we as fans added on in our own thoughts and it’s not an essential part of the stripped down business transaction contract at play. At the Game... Fans only owe 'to act responsibly in a public place' – and nothing more. Anything else beyond that is a extra-contractual bonus. Athletes only owe to show up for given number of hours and go through certain motions and movements. Without guarantee or warranty of results. Yes, as fans we want much more than just this stipped-down version. But these are hopes and wishes and desires and they are not part of the sports-watching-contract. And they never will be. You get to yell and scream a bit... have some food and drink that's not real healthy... be with some like-minded folks for a while... and then go home to a whole other set of responsibilies and expectations. [/QUOTE]
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